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| starring = {{ubl|[[Anil Kapoor]]|<br />[[Manisha Koirala]]|[[Jackie Shroff]]|[[Anupam Kher]]}}

| released = {{Film date|1994|0407|15|df=y}}

| gross = {{INR|69.9 million}}<ref name="box">{{cite web|title=1942: A Love Story (1994)| url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3095| url-status=live |website=[[Box office India]]|access-date=9 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223104310/https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3095|archive-date=23 December 2016}}</ref>

'''''1942: A Love Story''''', also known as '''''1942 A Love Story''''', is a 1994 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[patriotism|patriotic]] [[romanceromantic film|romancedrama]] film, directed by [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]]. It stars [[Anil Kapoor]], [[Manisha Koirala]] and [[Jackie Shroff]], with [[Anupam Kher]], [[Danny Denzongpa]], [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] and [[Brian Glover]]. The film revolves around twolovers lovers—NarenNaren (Kapoor) and Rajjo (Koirala), who come from contrasting family backgrounds and showsdepicts how their relationship is threatened owing to the outbreak of the Indian revolutionary movement.

The film's core plot was reported to be inspired by the 1992 [[Kannada (language)|Kannada]]-language film ''[[Mysore Mallige (film)|Mysore Mallige]]'' ,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://prekshaa.in/contributions-of-kannada-cinema-to-historical-dramas/#.WzkGorc5ZPy |title=Contributions of Kannada Cinema to Historical Dramas |website=prekshaa.in |access-date=10 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701165115/http://prekshaa.in/contributions-of-kannada-cinema-to-historical-dramas/#.WzkGorc5ZPy |archive-date=1 July 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> which itself was based on the 1942 [[Mysooru Mallige|work of same title]] by [[K. S. Narasimhaswamy]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vijaykarnataka.com/news/vk-special/k-s-narasimhaswamy-a-prominent-indian-poet-in-the-kannada-language/articleshow/50700135.cms | title=ಕನ್ನಡದ ಅನನ್ಯ 'ಪ್ರೇಮಕವಿ'|trans-title=Kannada's unique 'love poet'|language=kn|access-date=9 October 2022|archive-date=9 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009091402/https://vijaykarnataka.com/news/vk-special/k-s-narasimhaswamy-a-prominent-indian-poet-in-the-kannada-language/articleshow/50700135.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[screenplay]] was jointly written by [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]], [[Kamna Chandra]] and Chopra. [[Binod Pradhan]] acted as the cinematographer while [[Renu Saluja]] edited the film. [[R. D. Burman]] composed the highly successful soundtrack with lyrics penned by [[Javed Akhtar]]. This was the last film work of R. D. Burman, who died before the release of the film. It was the first Indian film on [[Dolby Stereo]].

The film is set in 1942, when the [[British Raj]] was declining fromin power. It was a time when many Indian citizens were either working for the British regime or rallying in underground meetings and protests against them. In this atmosphere, Narendra Singh ([[Anil Kapoor]]) falls in love with Rajeshwari Pathak ([[Manisha Koirala]]). Their romance is shown developing in spite of the political and social unrest at the time.

Narendra's father, Diwan Hari Pratap Singh ([[Manohar Singh]]) is a loyal British employee working for the brutal British General Douglas ([[Brian Glover]]), who is infamous infor tracking down and executing citizens who are believed to be revolutionaries. Rajeshwari's father, Raghuveer Pathak ([[Anupam Kher]]) is a revolutionary fighting against British rule, as he holds a grudge against Douglas for murdering his son. When Narendra asks Raghuveer for Rajeshwari's hand in marriage, Raghuveer becomes livid by this. However, Narendra declares that he is willing to sacrifice everything for Rajeshwari and convinces Raghuveer of his love for her. Raghuveer relents, but tells Narendra to talk to his father first. When Narendra does so, Hari is angry that his son has chosen the daughter of a revolutionary, but he pretends that he will do anything for Narendra's happiness.

However, Hari tricks Narendra into revealing Raghuveer's secret location and leaks the information to Major Bisht ([[Danny Dengzongpa]]) and the British authorities. Soon, police barge into Raghuveer's hideaway and try to kill him, only to find him waiting to light a bomb, killing both himself and the men. Rajeshwari, who was out at that time, realisesrealizes what has happened and runs away. She is taken into refuge by Shubhankar ([[Jackie Shroff]]), a compatriot of Raghuveer who has learned of his death. Under Shubhankar's tutelage, Rajeshwari follows her father's revolutionary path. Meanwhile, Narendra getgets furious at his father for using him into killingkill Raghuveer and drivingdrive Rajeshwari away. Promising to make up to Rajeshwari and help her cause, Narendra pledges to become a revolutionary by severing all ties with his father; even Bisht's daughter Chanda ([[Chandni (Bollywood actress)|Chandni]]) does the same after witnessing Bisht murdering her teacher Abid Ali Baig ([[Pran (actor)|Pran]]), who is a revolutionary allied with Shubhankar, much to Bisht's remorse.

To prove more his point, Narendra attempts to murder Douglas in front of the city, but is caught in the act after shooting down a few soldiers. Narendra is then convicted and sentenced to hang for attempted murder. Douglas then orders his troops to fire at the town square, resulting severalin the deaths of several citizens, including Chanda. However, Shubhankar saves Narendra from being hanged, and Bisht develops a change of heart after witnessing Chanda's death, helping Shubhankar and Narendra in finishingfinish off Hari and the remaining loyalists and stabbing Douglas with a flagpole. With the loyalists dead, Narendra reconciles with Rajeshwari while Shubhankar hangs Douglas to death, avenging all those who perished under Douglas' wrath. The film ends with Narendra, Rajeshwari, Shubhankar, Bisht, and the surviving citizens hoisting and saluting the Indian flag.

* [[Anil Kapoor]] as Narendra Singh "Naren", Rajjo’s love interest

*[[Jackie Shroff]] as Shubhankar, Pathak’s alias, secretly had a crush on Rajjo

* [[Chandni (Bollywood actress)|Chandni]] as Chanda Bisht, Naren’s drama partner who secretly liked Naren

* [[Anupam Kher]] as Raghuveer Pathak, Rajjo’s father

* [[Danny Denzongpa]] as Major Bisht, Chanda’s Father

* [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] as Abid Ali Baig, Chanda’s, Rajjo’s and Naren’s drama teacher, Pathak’s alias in plotting General’s murder

* [[Ashish Vidyarthi]] as Ashutosh Pathak, Rajjo’s brother

* [[Raghuveer Yadav]] as Munna, Naren’s Driver and Rajjo’s neighbour

* [[Sushma Seth]] as Gayatri Singh, Naren’s Mother

* [[Manohar Singh]] as Diwan Hari Pratap Singh, Naren’s Father

[[Kamna Chandra]], one of the script writers of the film, had gone to [[USA|America]]the United States to meet her daughters ''Tanuja'' and ''[[Anupama Chopra|Anupama]]'' (whom Vidhu Vinod Chopra would later marry) as they were studying there. Having watched Chopra's film ''[[Parinda]]'' on video and being impressed with it, both of them asked their mother to write a story and approach him to direct it. Chandra had previously written ''[[Prem Rog]]'' and ''[[Chandni (film)|Chandni]]''; both were love stories. She knew Chopra made "dark films", but decided to meet him.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=4 April 2012 |title=Movies: How 1942 A Love Story was made |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-part-of-the-cost-of-the-set-was-borne-by-jackie-shroff/20120404.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427112237/https://m.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-part-of-the-cost-of-the-set-was-borne-by-jackie-shroff/20120404.htm |archive-date=27 April 2021 |access-date=8 June 2022 |website=[[Rediff.com]] |language=en}}</ref>

After returning, Chandra met Chopra at Natraj Studios. She made him listen to two or three of her ideas, among which he liked one and asked her to develop it. Chandra finished the script and dialogues by a year, until a day when Chopra himself called her and suggested that they should make a love story set in another era instead of the present time. This provoked Chandra;, shewho could not sleep that night. However, she became excited in the next few days. She hadHaving grown up amidst the [[Indian independence movement|Indian freedom struggle]], so she decided to place the story at that time. This formed the core plot for ''1942: A Love Story''.<ref name=":0" />

''[[Aamir Khan]]'' had initially been offered the role of Narendra;, but he declined.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=शुक्ल |first=पंकज |date=15 April 2021 |title=Bioscope S2: शाहरुख के लिए सोचा गया था '1942 ए लव स्टोरी' में ये वाला रोल, ऐसे हुई मनीषा की एंट्री |trans-title=Bioscope S2: This role in '1942 A Love Story' was thought for Shah Rukh; Manisha's entry happened in this way |url=https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/entertainment/bollywood/bioscope-by-pankaj-shukla-1942-a-love-story-jackie-shroff-anil-kapoor-manisha-vidhu-chopra-rd-burman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416044909/https://www.amarujala.com/amp/photo-gallery/entertainment/bollywood/bioscope-by-pankaj-shukla-1942-a-love-story-jackie-shroff-anil-kapoor-manisha-vidhu-chopra-rd-burman |archive-date=16 April 2021 |access-date=6 June 2022 |website=[[Amar Ujala]] |language=hi}}</ref> ''[[Anil Kapoor]]'' was then approached, who was hesitant to do the film and suggested ''[[Bobby Deol]]'' and ''Aamir Khan'' for the role. However, he was later convinced. To prepare himself for the role, Kapoor worked hard — he lost weight, cut short his hair, trimmed his moustache and worked on his costumes to create the character.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhasin |first=Shriya |date=4 November 2019 |title=Anil Kapoor reveals why he initially refused '1942: A Love Story' |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/celebrities/anil-kapoor-reveals-why-he-initially-refused-1942-a-love-story-561279 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105204425/https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/celebrities/anil-kapoor-reveals-why-he-initially-refused-1942-a-love-story-561279 |archive-date=5 November 2019 |access-date=7 June 2022 |website=[[India TV]] |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Shah Rukh Khan]]'' was under consideration for the role later doneportrayed by ''[[Raghuvir Yadav]]'';. heHe did not feature as he had already been playing lead roles.<ref name=":1" /> ''[[Jackie Shroff]]'', wasbeing cast as Shubankar. He, gave financial assistance to the film. For instance, some (extra) houses built at the film's set (which were first disapproved of by Vidhu Vinod Chopra due to the limited budget) were paid for by Shroff. Moreover, he also paid composer [[R. D. Burman]] on behalf of Chopra when he made them listen the music of the film for the very first time.<ref name=":0" />

''[[Nana Patekar]]'', who had previously worked with Chopra in ''[[Parinda]]'' (1989), was selected to portray Raghuvir Pathak. But he insisted on being cast as Shubankar, which caused a rift between him and Chopra. ''[[Anupam Kher]]'' was later signed for the role. ''[[Mithun Chakraborty]]'' had also been briefly considered for the role of Shubankar, when Shroff developed date issues. The distributors, however, somehow made Chopra retain Shroff in the film. Since the production started in the early 90s, it was speculated that ''[[Sanjay Kapoor]]'' was to replace his brother Anil as the latter's film ''[[Lamhe (1991 film)|Lamhe]]'' (1991) had not been successful. Nevertheless, it did not materialize.<ref name=":2" />

[[Principal photography]] for the film, being handled by ''[[Binod Pradhan]]'', took place mainly at various locations in ''[[Himachal Pradesh]]'', including the district ''[[Chamba district|Chamba]]'', ''[[Dalhousie, India|Dalhousie]], ''[[Khajjiar]]'' and the ''[[Kalatop Khajjiar Sanctuary|Kalatop Sanctuary]]'' to depict pre-independence India.''<ref name=":2" /> An artificial set resembling Dalhousie was created in the [[Film City, Mumbai|Mumbai Filmcity]], since it was an expensive proposition to take the entire cast and crew there. It was erected by art director Nitin Desai withat a cost of {{INR|80 lakhs}}. According to Desai, many people told Chopra not to give chance tohire him, as he was a newcomer; yet Chopra had full faith onin him''.<ref name=":0" />''

The [[filmMusic score]]Director was composed by [[Manohari Singh]] and Babloo Chakravorty whileof the film's originalwas songsRahul were composed by [[R. D.Dev Burman]], who died before the release of the film, with lyrics by [[Javed Akhtar]]. The background Score was By Manohari Singh and Babloo Chakraborty.[[R. D. Burman]] won his last [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director]] and Javed Akthar bagged the [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist]] for "Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To". [[Kumar Sanu]] won his 5th consecutive [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer]] for "Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To" and [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]] won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] for "Pyar Hua Chupke Se", the first of her hat-trick feat. The soundtrack was #13 on the list of "100 Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks of All Time", as compiled by ''Planet Bollywood.'' The music in the introduction of the film is from [[Gustav Holst]]'s ''[[The Planets]] - Mars the bringer of war''.

''1942: A Love Story'' was released on 15 April 1994.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roy Chowdhury |first=Rishita |date=15 April 2021 |title=Anil Kapoor celebrates 27 years of 1942: A Love Story |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/movies/celebrities/story/anil-kapoor-celebrates-27-years-of-1942-a-love-story-1791306-2021-04-15 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416181557/https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/movies/celebrities/story/anil-kapoor-celebrates-27-years-of-1942-a-love-story-1791306-2021-04-15 |archive-date=16 April 2021 |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> It opened to positive reviews from critics, with praise drawn towards the cast performances, [[cinematography]], and the [[soundtrack]] by [[R. D. Burman]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chandra |first=Anupama |date=15 June 1994 |title=Soundtrack of '1942: A Love Story' marks the revival of romance, poetry in Hindi film music |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/story/19940615-soundtrack-of-1942-a-love-story-marks-the-revival-of-romance-poetry-in-hindi-film-music-809283-1994-06-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108084813/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/story/19940615-soundtrack-of-1942-a-love-story-marks-the-revival-of-romance-poetry-in-hindi-film-music-809283-1994-06-14 |archive-date=8 November 2022 |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=[[India Today]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Amitabh Bachchan]] had attended the preview screening of the film and congratulated Chopra for his endeavour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Agarwal |first=Amit |date=31 May 1993 |title=Commercial, but not cliched |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/films/story/19930531-movie-preview-vidhu-vinod-chopra-1942-a-love-story-and-dilip-kumar-kalinga-811112-1993-05-30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109114550/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/films/story/19930531-movie-preview-vidhu-vinod-chopra-1942-a-love-story-and-dilip-kumar-kalinga-811112-1993-05-30 |archive-date=9 November 2022 |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

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